Where does “soțucă” come from?

soțucă (Romanian) comes from Romanian soție, from Romanian soț, from Latin socius, from Ancient Greek πάθος, from Ancient Greek πάσχω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

Ancestry of “soțucă”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	soție	wife
2	Romanian	soț	husband
3	Latin	socius	sharing, joining in, partaking, associated;...
4	Ancient Greek	πάθος	pain, suffering, death; misfortune, calamity,...
5	Ancient Greek	πάσχω	to undergo, experience; have someone do something...
6	Proto-Indo-European	bʰendʰ-	to bind; bond

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek πάσχω →Every word from Ancient Greek πάθος →